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•vebything, and in price deiv engaged COM
petition. We have been
the dim* business for a period ot
more than 25 years and point to our
past record as a guarantee for the
future. When in Macon do not fail
to call and see us
rankin & CO.,
Mulberry and Third Sts.,
Near Wadley Monument and New
Government Building. n4-3m
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town and county.
Mrs. E. G. HARDEMAN, Local Editress.
The days are gradually growing
longer.
The weather for the past few days
has been ‘just lovely.”
Miss Hattie Hunt, of Round Oak,
visited Monticello this week.
Read the new advertisement of
J. J. Mercer in todays paper.
Mrs. Mary Kobeils, of Monticello,
died last Thursday night of pneu
monia.
The surveying corps are in Madi
son locating a line through the in
corporate limits.
The next meeting of tho State
Agricultural Convention will be
held in Nownan in August.
The Argus office is now connected
with the outside world by a private
telegraph line to the depot. No oth
er weekly paper in Georgia can make
such a boast.—Jackson Argus.
Messrs. J. W. Barron, of Round
Oak, and John Bradley, of Bradley’s,
attended the State Agricultural
Convention this week at Way'cross,
and will take in the Sub Tropical
Exposition at Jacksonville, Fla.
The Enterprise factoiy, at Augus
ta, has in connection with it, a free
school for the benefit of the smaller
children of the operatives. While
the parents are working there are
25 scholars being educated at
the expense of the company.
It is proposed to organize in Ea
tonton a “tongue guard society.” the
object of which is to guard against
sa ying anything improper to or
about any one. Each offence to be
he punished by' a fine of one cent,
blonder who will be preaident?--Put
Ratn Enterprise.
A SAD ACCIDENT.
From the Jasper County News;
Last Tuesday evening Lewis
Edmond, col, about 20 years of age,
was Roberts, accidentally shot by Mr. Paul
son of our townsman, 0.
’• Roberts, who is employed as sales
man m the store of W. A. Kelly &
hro s. Lewis had borrowed a pistol
jrom Paul last Monday to carry with
him on a trip to Social Circle, and
011 His return Tuesday evening
went into the provision room to re
turn the pistol, and while in hands
of its owner, it accidentally dis
charged, sending a ball into hisbow
els from which he died in a few mo
Rients. Paul regrets, as-does the en
tire community, the accident very
much.
THE BRILLIANT.
Biscuit Smith is now the presid
ing genius of THE BRILLIANT
SALOON, the finest in Macon. He
£i v es his customers the best to eat,
best to drink, aud furnishes free beds,
doing more for his patrons than any
man in Macon.
CLINTON LOCALS.
The weather is bright and spring
like.
Farmers are busy sowing spring
“ '
oats>
■Col. Kobert L. Berner, of Forsyth
'
was in town Monday.
„ Miss Emmie Chiles is visiting
Mrs. F. S. Johnson on College St.
Macon.
Miss Maude Penn, of Monticello,
spent last Saturday with her cousin,
Miss Kate Morgan.
Mis. Judge Johnson and son,
Berner, have been spending some
time in Macon visiting relatives.
Mr. T. AV. Duffey of James Station
was in town last Tuesday. His
many friends in Clinton have al
ways a welcome for him.
The school children had a Valen
tine pound party at the residence
Col. Hardeman on Wednesday night,
it was deferred from Tuesday night
owing to the burial on the four
teenth. The many valentines and
nice supper seemed to bo enjoyed
Mr. Charles S. Griswold, late
Dallas Texas, has returned with his
family to James Station, to spend
sometime with Mrs. P. T. Pitts.
Ho trusts the change of climate
may be beneficial to him, as his
health has not been good for some
time.
Mr. William G, Morgan, the “old
man” of the town on liis 83rd
(8ih Feby) went by way
the C. & M. It. R. to Macon. Mr.
is in the full enjoyment of
mental capacities and has mod
good health. He and his
estimable wife have the best wishes
of the Headlight for along contin
uance of their good lives.
The funeral services and burial of
Mrs. James T. Finney on last Tues
day afternoon at the church and
cemetery in Clinton was largely at
tended. Mrs. Finney had many
warm friends in the count}', and
was universally loved and esteemed.
Rev. Wesley F. Smith of Cuiverton
assisted by Rev. M. A. Phillips noted con
ducted the services. We a
number of gentlemen and ladi s of
Haddocks in tho painful congregation. illness
Mrs. Finney after a
of more t han five months duration
died at her home at Haddock s on
the morning of the IStii inst. She
will be greatly missed by the com
munity in which she lived.
A Tribute of Love to our Dear Friend,
Mrs. Mary Park Finney who Died
February 18lh 1888.
We come to place upon thy new
made grave gentle and lost one,
just a simple heartfelt offering, and
yet how frail and empty do words
appear, when we try to perpetuate
thy amiable traits of goodness and
well remembered worth, Thou
wert ever so sympathetic, so ready'
to assist the suffering. So ready
“To weave in tho web of a daily'
life
A bright and golden filling,
And do God’s will with a happy
heart.
With hands that wore deft and
willing.”
Alas! those sweet hands lie quiet
ly folded now o’er the Christian
heart that ceases its pulsing. Those
dear lips, from whence emanated
words of cheer, and loving counsel
aro hushed in Deaths calmness. It
seems but a yesterday' that we
robed thee for thy bridal and yet a
happy four years have passed since
then, and now we place upon thy
freshly mounded grave, sweet scen^
ted garlands so fit and emblematic.
Violets, so like thine own sweet
spirit, tho perfumo li ngers while
fades the “blue” away. Thou art
gODe indeed “beyond the sunset’s
radiant glow,” but we hug to our
hearts cherished memories of all
thy quiet and winning character.
It is a blessed legacy left to those
on earth, the life that thou didst
live it was a sublime reality 0 f
our religion to have died the' death
that thou didst die. Thy gentle
spirit, will still hover o’er the little
home nest that is left wifeless,
daughterless, motherless, Every
little triflo that thou hast touched
will bring thee so fresh to mind
and heart. his kindest . . .
God comfort with
providence the poor broken hearts
that are left mourning 1 We can
not we would not forget thee, Mary,
“whom to know was to love.” We
have been made better bv thy life,
made holier by thy Christian death!
E- G. H.
AIR CASTLES.
Written for the “Headlight
*’ ul aro 1 r Gastles ? Ask any
girl between the ages of fifteen and
ci ^ on h she 7°“;
‘ ,on ^ rm f ® rel dons her man "
tie ot ^ reen ; shakes out her golden
thereon a coronet of
delicate pink and white blossoms;
steals the choicest perfumes dame
Nature can bestow ; penetrates the
darkest corners by a glance from
her sweet bonny face, and makes
even the most morose and crabbed
of us thaw in her sunny presence,
then,—then is the time a girl choos
es for day dreaming and castle
building.
Down in the orchard under a largo
apple tree is my plaoe for such. 1
sit here negligently and dream ot
the handsome homo I intend to
own. I shall bo generous, good,
nobio aud true. Servants will come
at my call. I intend to boa a kind
and sweet mistress, causing my ser
vants to honor aud iove me. .My
dresses aro to be as dainty as the
pink and white petals which
strew the grass about mo. I
shall do only fancy
‘•Sister!’’ comes a child’s treble
voice on tho spring air.
“What dear?” I answer sweetly,
only hall brought back to reality.
“I was acting on tho acting-pole
and tore my pants and ‘busted’ two
buttons off my jacket. Sew ’em
on 1”
Dreams vanish in the air. I rise
I go. I sew, and darn for thirty
minutes; out of patience, I jerk the
thread; the perspiration streams
from my brow; I ioso my temper be
cause the tear is three cornered
and there is not another piece of
cloth like it in the house, and final
|y C nd the whole business by throw
jug the pants down and ordering the
little - brother to got another pair.
His eyes havo a half wondering,
half mischovious light as ho raises
them to me. 1 smile, repent of my
ill humor, pick up the dilapidated
faithful trousers, and mend them in
fifteen minutes. No more dreams
and building at present. I forget
the useless but pleasant half hour
under the apple tree. Life is full
of realities; some pleasant, others
wretched. Mine are mostly pleas
ant, almost as sweet as the eon
struction of air-castles and farmoro
profitable. Tea is over and we seek
the front veranda, where the moon’s
soft rays fall without stint, making
the fair spring night exquisite.
The pailor windows are open, blinds
stretchod wide and somo sweet
melody played by skillful fingers
floats out to me. It is “Schubert’s
Serenade” and sets me “castle build
ing’' directly.—I am in a ball room.
My card is already full. One for
Lancers ; another for this waltz still
another for that polka and so on
down the tablet names are written.
My dress is of delicate blue mull,
pearls my ornaments; white and
pink roses my' bouquet. Graceful
is my form; small white hands are
mine. My face is fair and sweet ;
hair a golden brown; eyes blue as
forget-me-nots; lips ruby red and
nose like that of a Greek goddess.
“Your snub nose shows to great
advantage in tho brilliant moon
light,” is a remark from my friend
which forth with brings me back to
the ken of ordinary mortals with a
bump. Ah 1 me. It is indeed true,
lean not dance; I am r.ot graceful;
my hands arc neither white nor
small; my hair a very common
brown ; as for my eyes, they are
akin to a cut’s. “Ah 1 mo. Ah!
me, then sighed she.’’ So I go
dreaming, dreaming; now a heroine,
now this, now that. Finally the
greatest idea of all strikes me. I
shall bo an authoress; my fame
shall spread from continent to con.
tment: rom sea to sea My . art.
cles shall bnng me ,n 840 each. (It
>' as been my ambition to Lave
W I^zepen ink paper,set to
work and write with It. R. speed.
My thoughts multiply faster than
fingers move. Air Castles! a
no ble subject. I write faster, faster,
f a8ter still. Will my head burst
with the ideas it contains? No!
A blank. Each idea has left as
swiftly as it came, I read over
what I have written. Tears run
Gently down my cheeks and splash
on tho M, S. authoress. Evidently I was not
built for an I lay down
my pen. I retire from the scene,
“A wiser and a sadder girl.”
“Nora.”
ITEMS FROM BRADLEYS.
Bradley’s is on a regular boom.
Mr. G. H. Waller has a fine school
at this place.
A party of gentlemen think
going on a fishing frolic to Black
Lake as soon as the weather is warm
enough.
Mr. W. E. Bun woody and son,
from Macon, came out last Monday
to take a bunt with Mr. Lee Barnes.
They bagged fifteen partridges.
There was a valentine party at
the residence of Mr. Wash Ross
last night. Messrs. Will Bradley,
Jim Berry aud Tom Bradley at
tended.
Mr. Bee Walker says that ho in
tends pulling the bell lino over a
mule this year. If ho will plant a
big watermelon patch we will go to
see him.
A stock company is being formed
to grade Main street so as to run
streetcars from the C. & M. depot
to Academy street. It will be of
great advantage to the city and we
hope to see the work completed be
fore many months. It is said that
some of our cit izens will soon have
telephone wires running from their
places of business to their homos.
Let the good work go on ! Wc are
advancing to the front in double
quick.
E. 6.
COVINGTON & M ACON R. R.
SCHEDULE NO. 12.
Jan. 10th 1888.
GOING NOKTII—MAIL TRAIN.
Lv Macon...... 4 m
Massey’s Mill.. 4 m
Roberts........ ........ 4 m
Morton.......... 4 m
Grays........... 5 m
Bradley....... 5 20 m
Wayside....... 5 33 m
Round Oak..... 5 54 in
Hillsboro ...... 0 11 m
Aibga to......... 6 m
Minn eta......... G 46 in
Ar Monticello, 7 m
GOING SOUTH—MAIL TRAIN.
Lv Monticello, gCOo«COOOCOoo<I^MH 00 a m
Minneta......... 15 a m
Hillsboro...... Adgate......... 36 51 a m
a
Round Oak...-. 12 a m
Wayside........ 29 a
Bradley......... 42 54 a m
Grays..... ..... a m
Merton.......... 08 a m
Roberts........ 25 a m
Massey’s Mill. 41 a m
Ar -Macon...... 00 a in
GOING SORTII—FREIGHT TRAIN.
Lv. 3Iacon...... 7 30 a m
Lv. Grays...... 9 25 a m
Ar. Monticello, 12 13 p m
GOING SOUTH—FREIGHT TRAIN.
Lv. Monticello ........... 1 50 p m
Lv. Grays...... ........... 4 30 p m
Ar. Macon.. ... ........... 6 00 p m
B. W. FltOBEL.
S. Reed Stoney, Gen. Mgr.
Master Transportation.
Ciroskett’s
IRON WORKS,
ENGINES, WATER WHEELS.
GRIST, SAW and CANE MILLS.
KETTLES and EVAPORATORS.
Cotton Presses (Hand and Horse
Powur.)
E. CROCKETT,
Macon, Ga.
J. J. Mcresr
MACON GEORGIA.
---o—o
WATCHES, CLOCKS, and
JEWELRY, REPAIRED
and GUARANTEED
AT THE OFFICE OF
J. J. M e r c e r
(Morgan old Comer) No. 2(57.
gSJT’All parts of Waterbury
Watches repaired or furnishcd.-lm.
IftCdB Cottoil Kaikfit,
Good ........ Middling <X*3»
Middling.......
Low Middling. 91
TO THE
Traveling 1 Public
—YOU CAN—
SAVE SSOCorarEY
BY STOPPING AT
J Iff Better's
Restau ran T
and Leoqipiq R.oo|ws ?
Opposite Hotel Lanier,
MACOIT GrA
This house has recently been re
fitted and refurnished with elegant
NEW FURNITURE and BEDS
throughout, the contains 20 rooms, and
proprietor is now prepared to
accommodate the traveling public
in a satisfactory manner ami at
cheaper elsewhere rates than can bo procured
in Macon.
S5 €?cnf«
I3F“ Meals furnished at any hour,
day or night, and first-class accom
modations insured at reasonable
rates.
4-tf J. II. BENNER, Prop.
Planters Read,
We have this day contracted with Messrs. JOHN MERRYMAN & CO
to sell, at all stations on tho C. & M. Railroad, their
—CELEBRATED BRAND? OF GUANO—
Merryman’s A. D. Bones,
Merryman’s GEORGIA TEST.
We can say without any fear of contradiction that Merryman’s For
tilizers aro to-day', as they havo been for 30 years, at tho vory top in
excellence, and the perfect satisfaction they give to planters.
While most of the popular brands on tho market in past years havo
changed tho grade of their goods by lowering their grade, Merryman
has continually improved. Wo do not make these statements at random.
We refer to any planter in Jones and Jaspor counties who havo used
A erryman’s Guano, and will stake our reputation on tho result.
—WE ALSO HANDLE—
soivlj23x.ii: »owfe: dust
for composting, which is tho highest grade aeid on the market. Wo sell
cheaper acid phosphates; also Kainit, and aro agents for the Macon Oil
& Fertilizer Company for tho sale of their Cotton Seed Meal.
We can givo low prices on these goods, and aro ready to deliver now.
Our Agents will call on the good people of Jones and Jasper coun
ties, and wo will trustreceive their orders.
Rons, mm & co •j
420 AND 422 THIRD STREET,
NOVEMBER 16th, 1887. [lt(] iviikcoisr &a
1832. Established 1832
BE, litvoiiS
IfeocMi Si!©© S 4 w©,v.
1 have one of the largest and the best selected stock of
BOOTS AND SHOES.
in the State, and offer them at prices as low as tho lowest.
E. P STRONG
OctI3-3mo. MACON.GA
CAMPBELL & JUNES
0- o
Warehouse and
Commission
Merchants
or tho sale and storage of Cotton. Farmers can buy nocccssary sup
plies either for cash or timo^papors, with satisfactory security.
Call and see us before making arrangements for another season.
CAMPBELL «Bt JONES.
ifycoji y.,
W. A. DAVIS. M. C. BALKCOM.
Davis & Balkcom.
Cotton Factors and General Grocers.
All Planters supplies at lowest prices for cash, or on tirao with ap
proved paper. Agents for
CHESAPEAKE GUANO.
A full lot well broke mules always on hand. Rust proof Oats a specialty.
Jan. 21st 1888 3m. MACON GA.
11 mi
GUNSMITH AND DEALER TN
Sporting Goods
Guns, Pistols, Cartridges,
FISHING TACKLE, ETC.,
BICYCLES AND TRICYCLES,
516 MULBERRY ST.,
MACON GEORGIA.
Dentistry.
Dr: n At JONES
RESIDENT DENTIST,
Having permanently located at
Monticello is prepared to do y'our
work at REASONABLE RATES. Sil’is
faction guaranteed. A liberal por
tion of Office the public patronage Dr. solic- Do
ited. up stairs over
zier’s drug store.
ttefirT have established a branch
office at Gray’s Station and wil
servo my' friends at that place the
first week in each month. nl
